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May 30, 2007

Introduction and Experiences

After reading through
several of my colleague's journals, I read the following words multiple
times within their entries, “flew by,” “busy,” “amazing,” etc. Given my
journal is starting at the very end of the first-year experience, I
thought a quick overview of the year might help put these inevitable
descriptors in context.

Brief Recap of First Year

An informal hiking trip in the White Mountains with other first-year students (August)

Chosen to work on an online marketing project with Reebok (September)

Met with the NBA and Bad Boy Entertainment as part of a one-day Trek in New York City (October)

Became one of the new MIT Sloan “Minds In Training” Running Club presidents (December)

New
Year's Eve in Sydney, Australia, as part of three-week Trek Down Under!
As part of the trip we get to speak with several stakeholders about
their thoughts on Qantas being taken over — including a private equity
firm, two investment bankers, and a major airline competitor. (January)

Led
the career panel for the first annual MIT Sloan Sports Conference (the
GM of the Toronto Blue Jays and the owner of the Dodgers were keynote
speakers). Also, flew to UNC for a weekend-long marketing case
competition. (February)

Named a VP of Sports for the Entertainment, Media and Sports Club, and a president of the Leadership Club (March)

Housing
Committee co-chair for AdMIT weekend and redesigned the way admitted
students see the variety of living arrangements available to Sloanies!
(March and April)

With my two other co-presidents of the
Running Club, plan and host the first-ever MIT Sloan Olympics!!! A fun
day of outdoor activity followed by a BBQ for about 200 participants.
(May)

This does not include my social life (sanity
breaks at the local coffee places, and dinners with friends),
schoolwork (like a classs trip to Paris), or my job search (landing an
internship working for a new professional sports team in Boston), etc.
Therefore, I will add two words of my own to the list of descriptors
for my time so far at MIT Sloan: “crazy,” and, once I caught my breath,
“fabulous!” I look forward to keeping you up to date this summer and
next year. Maybe next month we can tackle the job search ...